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Unless Obama can reverse the drift of his detentions policy, they might have to.

The market has lost its magic, but we do not know whether Mr Obama can properly rehabilitate government.

This would be like the loan officer from your bank coming over for dinner. Hopefully Obama can get Hu Jintao to refinance some of our debt.

More important, because NAFTA was signed by Bill Clinton, Mr Obama can blame his wife for it.

Pausing from his political commentary for a brief moment, he noted, "[Obama] can't exactly fill the hole up. "

Given the state of the economy, it's hard to see how Barack Obama can lose the 2008 election.

FOR a man who has placed "hope" at the centre of his campaign, Barack Obama can sound pretty darned depressing.

Mr Obama can now label opponents of his plans as corporate lackeys , not to mention enemies of the working man.

Alternatively, Mr Obama can simply ventilate a bit, as he has done; but actually do nothing.

When Mr Stevens retires, the most Mr Obama can hope to do is to keep the court's balance as it is by replacing one liberal with another.

The two versions will have to be reconciled before President Obama can sign the legislation into law.

Mr Obama can justifiably say that he has passed important legislation, but voters do not reward the passing of laws.

Or else Mr Obama can simply ventilate a bit, as he has done, but actually do nothing.

"If [Obama] can prove just enough experience, " Todd predicted, "then he's going to be the Democratic nominee. "

The deal will still have to be passed by the House of Representatives before Mr Obama can sign it into law by the Tuesday deadline.

President Barack Obama can fulfil his promise of a bold new approach only by establishing a discontinuity with the previous team.

Powell says both Barack Obama and John McCain are qualified, but thinks Obama can be a transformational figure.

Mr. Obama can point to one major achievement while in office, passage of a massive economic-stimulus bill.

Oh, and one more silver lining: This is one decision Mr. Obama can't blame on George W. Bush, though no doubt at MSNBC they will try.

By large margins, young people believe that Mr Obama can and will change the direction of the country.

Mr Obama can still stir the heart: witness his address to the UN on Wednesday.

Mr Obama can now claim to be such a man.

Obama can declare an end to the war in Iraq, but he knows he cannot end the US's wider commitment to security in the Gulf.

With at least 59 Democrats in the 100-seat Senate, Mr Obama can be fairly sure that his choice will be confirmed.

Whereas her husband is magically skilled at not giving offence, Mrs Obama can be a blunt instrument.

Barack Obama can use his inaugural China visit to jump-start the transformation to a global low-carbon economy.

Whether and how Clinton and Obama can work their way through the terms of surrender will tell voters a lot about both of them.

The final way that Obama can create confidence is to reform the system itself.

Obama can use his standing to get Pakistan and India, Israel and the Palestinians, Iran, Syria and maybe even North Korea into the ballroom.

If Mr Obama can prevent Mrs Clinton from winning the triple, then no amount of arm-twisting of superdelegates will save her campaign.

Many will ask whether Mr. Obama can actually pull off the deficit reduction he promises.

The House and the Senate will have to reconcile their versions of the stimulus plan before Mr. Obama can sign it into law.

The most Obama can expect from China is rhetorical criticism of the two regimes, accompanied by soft sanctions.

Now Obama can no longer count on good will in Jakarta, where many leaders were reportedly furious.

President Obama can now claim that the biggest short-term threat to national security from abroad has been nearly neutralized.

But many believe Mr. Obama can also be a bridge between races, cultures and peoples.

But for now, optimists should celebrate, and Mr Obama can rue the injustice of the economic data calendar.

While the Republicans spend the next year clobbering each other, Mr Obama can appear statesmanlike and husband his resources.

There is little Mr Obama can do to change any of this, despite all his dogged talk of repairing roads and bridges.

Obama can recast himself as the consumer's best friend, and welcome the animus of Wall Street.

Unfortunately they have sat still for months, like so much else, and there is little Mr Obama can do about that.

There is nothing Obama can say or do to satisfy Republicans.

If Obama can use this debate to convince Americans that he is a stronger leader than McCain, he may be difficult to defeat.

Abroad, President Obama can restore America's standing after the damage of the Bush years.

Mr Obama can now watch Mr Henderson's effort to reform GM's culture and reverse history from a safe distance.

But it will still be a test of whether Mr Obama can turn goodwill into good works.

Obama can hardly take all the blame for thesurprising persistence of high unemployment and slow growth.

The easiest thing President Obama can do is expand the pool of eligible investors in solar projects.

Now if only Mr Obama can deliver those trade deals, two cheers from business may become three.

I realize that with hostile Republicans controlling the House, there's not much Mr. Obama can get done in the way of concrete policy.

True, Mr Obama can claim that the US has avoided a catastrophic default.

There are many more hurdles to overcome before President Obama can sign a healthcare reform bill into law.

McMahon and other Democrats hope Mr. Obama can follow the example of former president Ronald Reagan.

There is an alternative: Mr. Obama can take a stand.

Mr Obama can't really afford to offer Hillary the prize of Secretary of State.

It shows just how unsettling Mr Obama can be.

Israel doesn't want to give the Palestinians anything and Obama can't do anything without Israel because Congress is pro-Israel.

Many people want to believe, after Carlyle, that Obama can change the world dramatically in the next four years.

Obama can and should call attention to certain key initiatives his administration has already launched.

That's why U. S. President Barack Obama can use a Blackberry.

With the new version of NCLB, Mr Obama can go further.

Especially now that Obama can waste another 2. 8 trillion in borrowed money with debt ceiling being raised.

Yet change will constrain what President Obama can actually do in 2009.

But there are lessons Mr Obama can learn from the French king's failure to manage dissent.

They hope the new Congress will pass it by Jan. 20 so Mr. Obama can sign it quickly.

Mr Obama can also fairly complain that he has faced ferocious opposition.

Hopefully that is the case and Obama can do something to stave off the American brain drain to China in regard to green technology.

Is it far-fetched to argue that having cast his main bets Mr Obama can now do nothing except await their result?

Obama can expect to loose in 2012, will be better for US.

Before Mr. Obama can make government cool, however, he has to make it good.

The second is that Mr Obama can make a credible offer of much better relations with the US.

George Bush has left a dismal legacy, but Barack Obama can do much to repair the damage

No one doubts that Mr Obama can walk on water. (Washington was frozen over this week. )

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